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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-04-20
White Glover Among Strawberries.


Some OF the readers OF TIE Southern
CullEator may have discovered that
tGere IS nothing IL the shape OK natural
growth 50 destructive to tue strawberry
plant as white clover. 1t IS much more
rampant some years than others, but 1t
IS Always the great peSuferous oDstacle
20 tae growth and culture OF tbs de-
lIcl0IlS berry his NAV not be the case
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-04-20
THE TRAN DISPATChEE.
y si;.n Who Holds TIE Life "E Every ris-
scn-cr in iIis Hand.

y Man Who Holds TIE Life "E Every Eis-
scngcr in iiis Hand.
The travelling public have long been
wont TO bestow approval upon railway
engineers for the seif-sacriticing spirit
which they exhibit when the lives en-
trusted to their care are endangered, and
in the annals OF the rail these occur
rerces are SO frequelt that passengers
generally picture the man at tie throttle
OF tie locomotive as hero by virtue OF
his position. These opinions are de-
seryedlv held, and it woald be the
grosseSt injustice to detract from the
honor which self-abnegation always
merits; but there is class OF railway
employees, al2ast entirely unknown to
passengers, whose responsibility IS so
much greater and whose slightest omis-
sicn might jeopar6izc tic lives OF people
OF trains more than any oversight on
the part OF conductors or engineers, that
ii IS indeed strange that they are so
seldom mentioned In the public prints.
This class IS the train dispatchers,
whose every order is implicitly obeyed
by trainmen; and while the crew OF one
train is responsible for the movement Of
thai train alone, the dispatcher holds in
his hands the lives OF every Individual
on every train on the road; anG on a
road having large traffic the duties I'M
posed on him are yoIy' great and arGnous.
His position IN the railway service IS
uaiqr;e; were all trains running OF time
and provided for on the periodical time.
table issued by the company, be would
nave 10 duties to perform; but trains
viii set delayed and occasions will arise
requiring extra trains, or trains without
any specified time or rights, to be run
over the road, and then his services are
necessary to avoid hours of delay.
Al trains on railroads are divided III
classes, according to their Importance,
generally two, passenger and ire!ght;
and all Grains Of one class running II Il
specified direction have the righs to the
Go..ti, o. need keep 40 lookout tor trains
oi the same or Il lower Class running II
lie oppos:tc direction. -hus II IS as
sumr,i 1;2at on a certain r%ilrOa,i trains
INNING eastward have the right Of way
over trains running westward; then an
c;ast-boaad passenger train can ran the
Whole length OF the road IL entiie disre-
gard Of I'll trains; another passenger
Jr;:in going west need only look oU1 tor
TIE east-bouDd passenger train, while
l;:e freight trains must keep out OF the
way OF both passenger trains and of the
freight train which is running in the
direction prescribed as having the right
of road
Every one understands that all trains
are cAarted or have q une given for
passing each station, which time CAL in
70 instance be anticipated, and hence all
train mex know where all other trains
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-04-20
The C1staa Movement.

II is weekly review OF the movement
OF the cotton crop, the New Iork Finan-
cial Chronicle says that for the week
ending Friday, April S, the total receipts
have reached 29, 9,30S bales, against 81, l15
bales jas3 week, K, 22G5 bales the previous
week, ard 81, Il6 bales three weeks since;
making the total receipts since the lst of
September. 1886, 5,GTG, l9l bales. against
i,S2i ,9cJ bales for The same period of
ioS5-SG. showing an increase since Sep
tenher /, 1855, Of i7S, ,202 pales.
i';e exports for the same time reach a
total OF :ll99,G&t 70 GG&t bales, OF which 1886
were to Great Britain, 4U1 to France and
-, =! 513 10 the rest OF the continent. The
tocai sales ior toward delivery for the
week are $50. .t00 b&ies. For immediate
delivery tie total SAFES foot up 961 bales.
The imports into continental ports have
been for the same period $1,000 bales.
There was az increase in the cotton in
sign5 Friday night Of 1O,106 bales as
compared with The same date Of 1856,
an increase Of J,4I4 bales as compared
with tie corresponding date OF 1885, and
! decrease OF ~, ,009 bales as compared
VIII i5Si.
re c,& interior stocks have decreased
during &c week 0,51S bales, and were
r;Gay 2igi.t jS..,35. bales less than Al
l.:c same period last year. The receipts
. the same iu;.ns nave been ,, ,23G bales
.a.s tha@ ,12 same week last Year, ard
since September I he receipts rs ali tho
e. Il
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-04-20
heswick, Ta.
4 Successful Dail.yinai:.

Does dairy-farming pay? Does any
thing but cotton-grovlng pay? asks the
Sparta (Ga.l Ishmeelite, and then adds:
Let US see: Since the first day of Janua-
", 1887, Mr.. W J. Northern has sod
100 pounds CT Jersey butter and four
hundred and fifteen (S4l5) dollars worth
OF stock Now let some man who holds
that 5he only ready-money crop OF this
county IS cotio2-that cottcn-growing
oGers tie saTest guarantee of money
:l....i.ng--t::!!:e his pencil and see II nc
Can tiisuEe >lch profits out q 2 year OF
ici! ant; ;snx.e:y IL the cot,on-t:eld. Be
shat as i LAY, i does look as i Mr.
Northern were making his Jerseys pay.
II this be tue Of him, why may not
others succeed at tie same business?
Cotton has been king, but kings are
sometimes deposed; and 1t not always q
wise subject that sides with the king IN
the days Of revolution.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-04-20
l.ron mo Chicacn Ncws J

from :Hc Chicago News
An a1nnsilIg story comes to lis from
t;le far vest. For long time Al out
law, named Roach the Terror, had been
the sco"Trc Of the mountain districts OF
IGalo. AID last month lie waylaid and
proceeded to rob one Bivens, d wealthy
ce:.s:a.Aan who WIS travelling through
th,. ,Iiacritory on mining business. While
the two were thus emyloycd-the one in
roi,;.ing ana the other IN being robbed
-1hg- suddenly became &ware of tue
approach Of q mountain :ioo, one Of
thoSe >tca:sLy, cruel ronstecs that in
ha.;5is at:G ;av waste TIE fastueSscS Of the
Rocky Mou1tain region. Roach immc
ciia&eiy dropped his booty and skinned
up tree rs nimbiy rs he ever could; as
fortac o5ker man, he tiidn't stop to pick
up his propcrty-he followed Reach up
tic free with marked alacrity. The
fierce lion, Haunting his tail savagely,
licking lis hideops fangs and rolling its
CLASSY cyeb&i!s sngg,e'.yeiy, looked up
at th" Two men il the tree and prepared
to join them.
:'iJa7o you pistol?" asked Roach the
Terror.
s.No, said Bivens, the traveller, "but
IN M belt [ carry knife fourteen inches
long
s:LE:a2, . suggested The Tcrrcr, 'sup-
pose YOU s:ick the knife into that var
mint aiIa0 he reachers out for rs. y
''lcS, hGt il J. leave the knife i'll the
Ion, > a;d D:yens, s:and If he falls with
it, what protection lave / from you?
No, IL keep the knife and let you shoot
the critic: with your pistol.
eyes, bat supposing DO shoot him,
said Roach, "what protection have |
against your knife when my pistol is
eap%y?"
Meanwhile tie lion vas coming up the
tree with alarming rapidity. He seemed
to grow three feet every way as he ad-
vancsd &oot by foot.
Unless We can cone to a compro-
mise, said Roach, '.the verm;nt will eat
rs both. Let's agree 70 This: You stab
him and III sGoot lira-at any rate,
either We folks OF that critter has got to
die"
That's SO, said Bi7ens, "and I ac-
cept the compromise"
So when the lion got within range
Roach blazed away at it and Bivens
reached down and drove his knife clean
up to the hilt in the monsters breast.
The ion fell to the ground with bullet
hole i'll his head and eleven inches OF
steel il his lungs. Then Roach and
8iTe1s descended from the tree. They
had esc&ped SO narrowly that they could
rot BE other tnan friends. Each was in
deDtec 20 the ot4er for lis lie. They
resolved no5 20 separate, and now they
are engaged IN the bandit business to-
gctAei II the idaho businesses.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-04-20
LEECHES IN 4 HORSE CIR.
They Escape from :. L"dy'S Pocket and
C;;us. ANY Amount of Trouble.
(From the New York SUM


(From the New York SUM-
\ Fourth avenue car was rolling
smoothly along Madison avenue, near
Fifty-ninth street, the oshec day, wncn
It's ordinary assortment of all sorts OF
passengers vas startled out Of semi
is.lcssness by shrek that would have
made Buffalo Bills proudest Sioux burn
with envy.
"Take it of! Take it away! Take it
Of" screamed a nicely dressed lady,
jumping into the aisle, with one hand on
the bell-rope and the other cutstretched
to one OF the startled nsaie passengers.
Eer features we're u picture OF terror,
and her black eyes cleaned with frantic
intensity at the wrist OF her ou!stretcacd
arm.
st first suspicion swept through the
minds Of the knowing passengers that it
was q case Of snakes, but on looking at
the pretty wrist, set off by 8 jeweled
bracelet, they saw a real live leecil.
4 lawyer who has an office in the
Potter building ard who has some nerve
as well as gallantry, plucked off the
leech and put it in a paper box which
the lady had carried in her pocket.
Meanwhile the otter lady passengers
did what they could to sooth the
frightened sister.
CHOW many leeches did you have,
madam, in the box?' asked the lawyer.
'.Three.' she gasped.
"Why, madam, there's only one mere. "
The shrek that followed was chorus.
Every female passenger thought she vas
airing one or both of the other two.
But the lawyer found both in the NIT
ting of the car, and one of them was
crippled in the excitement.
The lady jumped off the car spltefully
to conceal her embarrassment. 1t turned
out that she was the pretty wife OF u well
known iron merchant and member OF
the Seventh Regiment, who was at home
with g swollen leg. His wife had been
down town to get the leeches to feed on
her husband S leg, but TIE druggist had
cut too big breathing ho!e for them.
When the husband learned Of bis wife's
adventure he laughed till the swelling
went down.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-04-20

should be in good condition for work
lng, The time should be determined by
experience of past years. The writer has
several times planted corn when TIE
ground was frozen early IN the morning,
aud secured perfect stand OF vigorous
plants In Dakota and other extreme
Northern sections, wheat, corn ard veg
etables are planted in May, as soon as
the ground has thawed to q depth
sufficient to permit Of plowing and har-
rowing, the soil having been deeply
broken the preceding fall; and It often
occurs that the seeds so planted are up
and growing while the deep srbsoit IS
still hard frozen to the depth Of many
tnn.,,nS
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-04-20
AN Irate Plea for Present styles.

There is class of women, and the
number OF them is unnecessarily large,
who have tendency to assume an air OF
apology and self-excuse when tne love
Of adornment and esgerness 70 achieve
the same IS talked CT. They, assume u
dcprecating air when this subject is
brought up. And why sAould they? 1t
is natural and fitting that women should
want to look ard dress well. More tEan
that, it IS woman duty, just so far Us
her circumstances and means VIII admit,
to dress well and taStefuliy. Why there
is any occasion for Il woman 10 make a
guy" OF herself Tor ''beaut,y 5 sake is q
mystery. Dressing, to be sure, IS an
art, and it is only to those to whom this
art is unknown who are raising the hue
and cry about dress reform and sen
sible dressing" Tie women who sheor
ize most exhaustively upon this 50 called
sensible dressing are apt 10 be the most
dowdy and ridiculoGs anywhere to be
found. 1t is the woman devoid OF al
taste whose figure is scrawny and abso-
lutcly destitute OF any lines Of beauty,
whose arm IS long and bony, tn@tis sur@
cu every and eli occasions TO declare
that the dressing OF the presen. day Is
harmful ana injurious TO ones heath.
Thes see sin lurking IN every rutIe and
Uteat. Tx.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-04-20
= Nsw Way to Pay Old Debts.

Shakespeare tells how this can be accom-
p!ished in ore of his Immortal plays; but
debts to nature must be paid on demand
unless days of grace be Obtained through
the use Of Dr. Piercc's Golden Medical
Discovery 1t is nota cure aAS bgrin-
valuable for sore throat, bronchitis, astb-
illa, catarrh, consumption ard all diseases
of the pulmonary and other organs, caused
b; scrofula or "bad blood" Sclofulous
ulcers, swellings and tumoyS are cured by
its wonderful alternative action. BY drug
giStS.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-04-20
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ii:;O: SEM EoOT THE SOUTH.
Gaze Hundred and Zen Negroes from This
Section 7iay Become the Cause of Some
Trouble.
lFrom the New York sum

(From the New York sum
3. !. Coyie, OF Washington, has the
contract ior laying the new system Of
sewers IL East Orange, and on Saturday
ne scared 10 negroes from North Car
oiina and Virginia. They were brought
on by three agents OF a labor bureau,
and, as the agcnss got D commission for
each man, they made all sorts o; repre-
senta.ionS TO secure them, promising
many OF them SIS 3 month ana board,
and others 5l.JO per day. Coyle could
not pay them all the agents promised
and row seemed imminent. 20 make
matters worse, the agents became in
toxicated, and attempted to avoid any
discussion with the laborers and to drive
them into quarters in an old hat shop in
Dodd street where gang of Italians had
been housed. The colored men did not
like the quarters, and We're dissatisfied
with the rations Of meat ard corn meal
provided by the contractor, Fearing
riot, the contractor called On tie police
from Orange and East Orange, ard sew
eraL squads OF men were SEM 20 the
scene. The coIored men had sensible
leaders, who said that there would he
10 row; but the police had plenty to
il protecting the drunken agents from
the wrath OF the crowd OF men and boys
which gathered and excited the ire of
the three fuddled men. They finally
persuaded the colored men to stay in the
barracks until to-day, when an effort
viii be made to come to some under
standing With them. They were quiet
Yesterday, but demanded that the agents
should pay their fares to their homes if
satisfactory arrangements We're notmade.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-04-20

REPORTS Made 10 tn;. Department OF LiSri-
culture b. ;;S >re:.;a! correspondents.
The State Department. OF Agriculture
has received and tabQlatel the April Isl
reports of its special correspondents.
These returns cover every county IN the
State and over one-A&f the townships.
AREA N WHEAT AND OATS.
Estimates based upon. these reports
show that the area IL wheat has been IL
creased three per cent. over the area o.
1856. The condition is reported at (
per cent. better than at Sae same time
last year, but ) per cent. Below al aver
age crop. The ares: II os;Ss shows de
crease Of ) per cent. below last year.
Condition , per cent. ue>ter than IL
1886, but II Der cel.t. bSio" an acreage,
It is estimated ti:st = = per cent. OF the
oat crop was sov1 i. the f2ll, and Seye2-
ty four OF the s2oEdeIjS report the
early sowing in better condition t'2aIl
that sown in the spring, whii@ one hun
0red and thirty-seven consider tie latter
crop the most promising.
The correspondents estimate th2o OIL,
aOOuC > per cS-LI. o4 t1IS 49, SANI' n'S>
drilled, the balance OF TIE c.cp beng
bro23castea; aud Tie reports, wish very
few exceptions, skoT that the cou3ition
of the grain sown lro&dc&st IS much bet
ter than the small proportion that vas
drilled. Il is est;r.2ted thai Is per cent.
Of the wleat crop was Tinter Ailled.
LIVE STOCK.
The condition of horses and otEec
work animals is reported Z: I per ce,.t.
below the average Of this season Of the
year, due entirely 10 the deficiency OF
grain produced by the small crops OF
1856. The condition Of cattle, sheep
and hogs is fully rp to an average.
Live stock has suffered very slightly
from diseases Of any kind, the prloclpa!
complaint being OF cholera among hogs,
but this does not appear TO lave been as
prevalent as in previous years. \ few
cases OF glandess have been reported
among horses, but tae spread OF the
disease has been checked by -he action
Of the Department and IL, Jvners CT
the stock in destroying the afflicted AMI
mails.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-04-20
All Men are NUt Bad.

Neither are ali prepared remedies un-
reliable. This is proven by the results
following the use OF Dr.. Harter's Iron
Tonic Tor dyspepsia, rheumatism, scro-
fula, jaundice, torpid liver and general
weakness.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-04-20
GCR.

Farm labor is a~uldant, and reported
as increasing IL efficiency. One hundred
and eighty-tvo OF the correspondents
reply that labor is ':sood;;" tiffEy rs ..in-
different" ard ten as bad. cai:
twenty-eigbt correspondents report 8
scarcity Of labor, caused By The lGcoTers
working on tuTpeD>i2e farms and rail
roads. The emigration appears to have
had no appreciable eject on the iarI
labor of the State.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-04-20

No yon&cg, said the doctor, the child
;, SICK all DE time. /. i.;.s both is grand
mothers ard grandfalliers aud 4 c&ndy-Storc
al in the same block.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-04-20
FARM SUPPLIES

The reports indicate that tha amcunt
Of farm supplies purchased VII not be
less than IN 1856, owing to TIE partial
failure of the crops Of last year, but the
correspondents report that the fa:mers
are using every effort to better their
condition by practicing the r,ost rigid
economy, and By determination to in
crease the area IL food crops.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-04-20

Legitimate actresses are now known rs
ProLibitionists, to distinguish them from
those who appear in tights.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-04-20
= H.ANE 0E HIL1.G;>..,:>.

The :abuiou> Wealth OF ~ s:.,:> o:
Tr:mcc---Nisto:icai %ic.c!. %: 4 >;upc:G-
o,S Financial :::>titutioa.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-04-20

Why is q stage like tiri? Because it
has wings" and flies.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-04-20

The story oT :: atc>t":: E;shwayman and
:: l!u::nt::in Lion.

WESTERN TERROR.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-04-20
EENARES,

While these reports Go not MAKE as
favorable an exhibit as could be desired,
still there are some facts contained II
them that should encourage the farmers.
The area in wheat has been increased.
The condition OF both wheat and oats IS
higher than at the same time last year.
A smaller proportion OF the crop was
winter killed than in 1886. Horses and
other work animals ere IN fair condition
for farm work. There has been DO IL
crease in the amount OF food supplies
purchased, Notwithstanding last years
Short crops, and there has been 3 de-
crease in the amount OF commercial fer
tilizers purchased in value OF about
100000.
With very few exceptions the reports
to the Department are Of cheerful
character, and their tone indicates q de-
termination among the farmers TO de-
serve success this year, which they will
win with favorable.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-04-20
VOL. III.
THE GROWING; CROPS.

Reports Made 20 the Department OF -Asri-
culture b. IS >re"ia! correspondents.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-04-20
FRUIT, ETC.

Fruit, garden produce, AID early
planted corn have been injured by the
recent froSts and freezes, hut It was too
early, at the date Of the reports, April l,
to furnish an estimate Of tie amount c.
damage inflicted.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-04-20
COTTON ON BAND

The correspondents report that about
) per cent. OF last years cotton crop was
in the hands OF the farms or tie lst CT
April. This amounts to about 25,O00
],alec
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-10-15
Brief Mention.

Silas Douglas. coal miner, aged fifty, was
killed in the Grape Greek mines yesterday, by
several tons Of coal falling on him while blast
in coal.
The Saneamon County Bank. just organized,
with capital of 100000. will be opened at
Ilhopolis. Nov. l. A. H. Lucas Is president, and
o. d. Lucas, cashier.
The relatives of the Teal-Allen excursion
party have made a settlement with the Toledo.
Peoria g. Western railroad for the deaths of the
four women killed at Chatsworth.
The grand jury Of Livingston county is in
session at Pontiac and is investigating the Chats
worth wreck. The result of their investigation
will probably be made known IN day or two.
The State Board of Equalization met yes
terday and adopted the report of the committee
grand total of three and one-half million dollars
more than last year.
Oliver Deeds, a coal miner, was crushed in a
Shelbyville mine on Thursday. Fifteen hundred
pounds of the roof fell upon him. He had been
dead several hours when he found. He
leaves a widow and four children.
Some mysterious disease is killing the cattle
in the southern part of Crittenden township,
Champaign county. A score or more have died
within a few days. Prominent stock raisers.
while not claiming to name the disorder think
it results from the water famine which es-
pecially severe in that locality, some cattle not
having drink oftener than twice
week for two months. Another cause is thought
to be the excessive amount of smut green
which has been fed since the pastures
failed in the latter part OF the summer